Photocatalytic Splitting of Water on Cu-TiO₂ Nanotubes

Abstract:

By XRD, UV-Vis, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, it seems that copper is inserted in the framework of TiO2 nanotube (Cu-TNT), which was prepared for photocatalytic splitting of H2O. The Cu-TNT has light absorption extended into the visible range (400-550 nm) and decreased the band gap to 2.95 eV. Under UV/Vis light irradiation for six hours, H2 yielded from photocatalytic splitting of H2O on the Cu-TNT is greater than that on the TNT by 2-3 times.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 699)
• Pages: 662-666
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.699.662
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Anggiat Jogi Simamora, T.L. Hsiung, H. Paul Wang, C.Y. Liao
• Keywords: Copper, H2 Energy, Photocatalysis, TNT

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